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US 12,233,138 B2Granted
Heating of dental materials using overtone signatures, absorbing dyes and material properties
AssigneeInter-Med, Inc.
InventorsJohn Baeten, Alex Johnson, Brett Arand
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Abstract
The invention relates to the application of photon energy to energize dental materials to enhance their physical handling characteristics, efficacy, ability to be delivered, reactivity, polymerization, and/or post-cure mechanical properties, among other attributes.
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A method of treating a tooth of a subject in need
- thereof comprising:
- applying a dental photopolymerizable material to a tooth surface cavity;
- polymerizing the dental photopolymerizable material in situ with a device having at least one photon energy emission source that produces at least two discrete emission spectra;
- wherein;
- at least one emission spectra is used for curing the dental photopolymerizable material, and
- a second, separate emission spectra is used to elevate the dental photopolymerizable material's temperature above ambient temperature during polymerization, and the second, separate emission spectra is simultaneously used with the at least one emission spectra for curing the dental photopolymerizable material.
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A method of treating a tooth of a subject in need thereof comprising:
- applying a dental photopolymerizable material to a tooth surface cavity;
- polymerizing the dental photopolymerizable material in situ with a device having at least one photon energy emission source, which is a light emitting diode (LED), that produces at least two discrete emission spectra on a 1 cm spot size at a distance between 1 mm and 10 mm;
- wherein;
- at least one emission spectra is used for curing the dental photopolymerizable material, and
- a second, separate emission spectra is used to elevate the dental photopolymerizable material's temperature above ambient temperature during polymerization, and the second, separate emission spectra is simultaneously used with the at least one emission spectra for curing the dental photopolymerizable material.
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